rice procurement drive
Rice Procurement by Govt: Lists of farmers raise questions
Two government lists of farmers as Boro paddy suppliers are not what they look like. Many of them are anything but farmers. They include shopkeepers, a contractor and even a former city councillor engaged in a profession other than paddy cultivation.
Boro farmers at the mercy of middlemen
When the government had declared at the very beginning of the harvesting season that it would buy a higher volume of paddy directly
Rice Procurement by Govt: Lists of farmers raise questions
Two government lists of farmers as Boro paddy suppliers are not what they look like. Many of them are anything but farmers. They include shopkeepers, a contractor and even a former city councillor engaged in a profession other than paddy cultivation.
Boro farmers at the mercy of middlemen
When the government had declared at the very beginning of the harvesting season that it would buy a higher volume of paddy directly